

Two Hours
Author: Ed Caesar
Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi
Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 11/03/2015
Categories: Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation
Author: Ed Caesar
Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi
Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 11/03/2015
Categories: Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation
Ed Caesar is an author and a contributing writer to The New Yorker. Before joining The New Yorker, Caesar wrote stories for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Outside, The Smithsonian Magazine, Esquire, The Sunday Times (London), British GQ, and The Independent. He has reported from a wide range of countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo, Russia, and Iran. He has won a number of awards for his journalism, including the 2014 Journalist of the Year from the Foreign Press Association of London. His first book, Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon, was awarded a Cross Sports Book of the Year award.
We are hardwired to discover new ways to challenge ourselves To run a 26 miles and 365 yards of a marathon in under two hours it would be necessary to run at an average pace of 4 hours 34 seconds per mile. This book sets out to explore the likelihood of this happening and, if it were to happen, w......more
It's good journalism and storytelling. Being perfectly honest I don't know how much interest this book will hold for non-runners, but I found it fascinating. There are four main themes there - the history of marathon running, the assault on the titular "two hours" record, the analysis of Kenyan runn......more
While not exactly what I'd expected, Ed Caesar has done a remarkable job of cohesively stringing together information that he's gathered over much time spent with elite Kenyan (primarily, there is also some exposure to Ethiopian elites, as well) runners; he has given generously of his time, resource......more
The fly-on-the-wall insider account is a hallmark of sports literature, and when the subjects are open and engaging and on-field happenings dramatic and captivating (think A Season on the Brink and more recently Collision Low Crossers) these books can be some of the best of genre. Long-distance run......more
I read this on recommendation of my marathon-man husband. I really enjoyed it, because it does not only speak to running as a science and hobby, but also telling the personal and inspiring stories of running heroes who grew up in the mountains of Kenya and ended up breaking world records and making......more